During a recent episode of Mad Money, Jim Cramer discussed how the recent wave of deregulation by the U.S. administration would lead to more buying opportunities for investors:
“There are many reasons why Trump won November. inflation, immigration, culture war backlash. But there’s one reason why the business community got behind him in a way they never really did in 2016 or 2020, and that’s deregulation.“
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He elaborated that Donald Trump is pro-business and highlighted the recent performance of specific sectors to highlight how the new administration might affect opportunities in each sector. He began with natural gas:
“Some industries win, others lose. So far, it’s been a decidedly mixed picture. We’ve seen big deregulation of the oil business. President quickly ended the so-called pause on the new liquefied natural gas export approvals which was an insane policy because gas exports have so much potential. […] As far as natural gas, we have the most in the world already, mainly in the South, but also in the Pennsylvania and Ohio basins.”
He then proceeded to talk about financials:
“Beyond energy, I’m starting to see some crucial deregulation in banking, and I think it can really help the economy. More importantly, from a stock picking perspective, it can definitely help the companies being deregulated.”
He closed the episode with:
“My hope is that the deregulation will continue because that’s exactly what we need after 4 years of heavy-handed regulation.”
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For this article, we compiled a list of 11 stocks that were discussed by Jim Cramer during the Mad Money episodes that aired between the 27th and 31st of May 2024. We then calculated their performance for the past 12 months, until June 4th, 2025, market close. We have also included the hedge fund sentiment for the stocks, which we sourced from Insider Monkey’s Q1 2025 database of over 900 hedge funds. The stocks are listed in the order that Cramer mentioned them.
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11. Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 35
When asked whether Riot Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) was worth buying amid a dip in Bitcoin miners, Cramer dismissed the idea entirely. He made clear in that older episode that he preferred simpler exposure to crypto:
“If we’re going to be in that, we’re just going to go buy Bitcoin or go buy Ethereum. Either one is fine with me.”
Great call. The bitcoin miner is down -6.42% since while Bitcoin has risen significantly since then.
Riot Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:RIOT) is a Bitcoin mining company that operates large-scale data centers powered by renewable energy sources to mine and secure the Bitcoin blockchain.
Cramer remains sceptical about Bitcoin miners. Here’s what he said about the stock on January 3:
“Okay, well, Riot Platforms, I have to go to my chief scientist Ben Stoto on that. He points out that it’s a Bitcoin miner and can you get a better business than mining Bitcoin?”
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